Entrepreneurship 101

Emad Saif Entrepreneurship Trainer

QATAR edition

Property of Emad Saif© 2014

1) What’s entrepreneurship

2) Is it for me?

entrepreneurship “The capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit”.

businessdictionary.com

BUSINESS

1. Develop

2. Organize

3. Manage RISKS Profit

4 types of entrepreneurship

Small Business Scalable Startup

Large Company Social

The World Is Changing …

earth

Technological

Social

Political

Economical

earth

Technological

Social

Political

Economical

Technological

Social

Political

Economical CHANGE

CHANGE opportunity

creates

entrepreneurs

Opportunity Exercise

1. Assemble in 4 groups & Discuss Scenarios:

2. Identify opportunities to exploit

3. Generate business ideas

Exercise Instructions

Technological Social Political Economical

Solar power becomes efficient & affordable

More people using the RAIL transportation

NOC no longer needed to change

employer

Local gas reserves runs low

En-tre-pre-neur from French word “entreprendre”

meaning to undertake

“ A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. ”

Entrepreneurial thinking

Rawan wants to turn her passion into a career

Shikha wants to be her own boss

Hamad wants to work in a company as an intrepreneur

Ahmed lost his job & decided to start business out of necessity

Dr. Leena patented her invention & wants to commercialize it

Mustafa dreams to be a millionaire and become an investor

Entrepreneur Company Nationality Education Age

Fadi Ghandour Aramex Jordanian, Lebanese descent

Political Science 1959, (55)

Oprah Winfrey

Harpo Productions African American

Communication 1954, (60)

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook American Computer Science (Didn’t graduate)

1984, (30)

Thomas Edison Edison Electric Light Company

American Didn’t go to school

1847 – 1931, (84)

Khaled Al Sabawi MENA Geothermal & TABO Palestine

Canadian, Palestinian descent

Computer Engineering

1983, (31)

Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon

I Love Qatar Qatari Law 1984, (30)

Entrepreneurship for … Young & Old Males & Females All Nationalities Rich & Poor All Educational levels & Backgrounds

everyone

of entrepreneurship

Downs de

many big challenges

1st iteration of idea usually wrong

work never stops

Your family & friends won’t understand what you do!

sacrifice valuable time

make less money for a while and no job security

multiple job roles

Nothing is certain, only your self to blame

of entrepreneurship

Ups de

freedom to work when, where and how you want

excitement to work on what you love

you’re in control

huge income potential towards financial security

tremendous personal growth and acquired experience

Why is entrepreneurship

important ?

Job Creation Personal Growth Social Good

entrepreneurship

Education

Health

Law

Fashion

Gaming Social

I have a passion!

I have a

technological breakthrough!

I have an

idea!

It starts with you …

Write your own !

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Your

BIGGEST chalenge is …

Entrepreneurship Education can help you get

started ;)

BUSINESS

1. Develop

2. Organize

3. Manage RISKS Profit

You can be an entrepreneur

too! Entrepreneurship Education

Thank You

Emad Saif https://www.linkedin.com/in/emadsaif

Property of Emad Saif© 2014